and every single time an idea that could've been genuinely worthwhile with enough time to gestate got rushed out and smothered by lame ass realization.
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Is it still possible to be in the Metaverse? Can I live my xbox360 graphics dreams and walk around the virtual McDonalds headquarters?
Second Life is still online.
College professors from the early 2000s rejoice - your future still exists
your future still exists
future is Mount and Blade!
I know it exists allready for a very long time. But somehow I always forget about that. I don't think I ever even tried it.
it was kinda cool around the same time OG WoW launched and up until late 2000s. After that it fell by a wayside because it was basically a bunch of chatrooms disguised as MMO. The only thing really worth checking out is the Chris Marker's space - there's a Youtube presentation about it
zuck did immeasurable harm to vr by trying to dominate the field. utter decimation of expectations. he made a fool out of all of it.
i like what i've seen about the steam frame so far and look forward to having one hopefully. never, not once, not ever, shall i pressure anyone else into it; it's a personal interest, personal to ME and others who choose to adopt it.
Gee, it's almost like pressuring people into something makes it super not enjoyable for anyone. Anywho, I'm off to Google something only to scroll past the AI generated response I didn't ask for and can't disable.
Kagi is right there, bro. You don't have to keep going back to the abuser.
Yeah, I use ddg, I was more making a point.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/-ai-overview/ this one does a great job on firefox and it's various forks.
I partially disagree. It got standalone VR much more popular. I dislike all the Facebook stuff but as far as the headset goes, it is genuinely decent. Like I personally use a Lenovo explorer so it's about as cheap as it gets. But there are times I wish I got a quest because I could get away with wireless streaming from my PC.
It is a good compromise from all angles but I'm betting Facebook/meta is subsidizing the shit out of it.
Asked like this, I might actually prefer being left behind, thank you.
PCVR mods are amazing though
Yep. Just stay away from the Meta headsets. They are cheaper than the competition for a reason.
Yes! Yes, please? If this is your vision of the future then I want to be left behind, playing and laughing outside with my friends and neighbours.
I still can't believe people bought those stupid monkey digital photos
I still don't understand the part where some got 'stolen' and were held hostage...
They were held in a poorly designed browser-based crypto wallet that only weirdos know how to use, so when normies wanted in on the get rich quick scheme, they would easily get confused and authorize third parties full access to the wallet.
I met someone once who had "invested" in these. Like, thousands of pounds. He thought he was super clever, talked down to us because we were so far out of the loop. I do wonder what happened to him. Poor guy.
To be fair, nfts and vr were never forced on consumers quite like AI is. VR is incredible for certain types of gaming. NFTs are also incredible too. They allow you to quickly identify morons with disposable income.
That VR Rogue Squadron game was some peak shit ngl
NFTs are also incredible too.
You had me in the first half, ngl
I upvoted the comment while reading it, then removed the upvote, then put it back.
Correct, the only idiotic thing about VR is buying your hardware from Mark Zuckerberg. As the folks in the VR community here are already aware, I got my Steam Frame the other day and basically the only reason I've had to take it off my face since then is because the thing has a finite battery life.
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The moment it was clear they couldn't figure out what the "Next Big Thing" was they started throwing shit at the wall before going "well if we can't find the next best thing, we'll force it on them!"
That's how we got to where we are with AI.
I hate the purported FOMO those bastards always promote to wide-eyed numbskulls wanting to be on the cutting edge of anything. Or mobsters wanting to get their money either laundered or splurge onto the most absurd.
i don't think mobsters are dumb enough to launder money with AI investments but i'm not a mobster so i don't know how it works
To be left behind is nothing someone should be afraid.
cue Losing My Edge!
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That's a fantastic caricature of Zuckerberg.
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